Tying device.



J. E. COURTRIGHT.

TYING DEVKIE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30.1917.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918 t me.

JOHN ERNEST COURTRIGHT, 0F INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

TYI G DEvIcE.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 12 1918,

Application filed. July so, 1917. Serial No. 183,499.

To all whom it may concern: Y 1

Be it known that I, JOHN ERNEsT COURT RIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Tying Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tying devices and has for its object the providing of an easy and convenient means for securing both ends of the string in tying a package, so that the package may be quickly and securely tied and, when desired easily and quickly untied and the string preserved for future use.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the different views.

Figure 1 is a top View of the tying device without the string attached.

Fig. 2 is also a top view showing the manner in which the string is secured when tying a package with the tying device. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the lines A-A and B-B of Fig. 2 showing the manner in which the string is gripped and held so that when the string around the package is pulled the increased tension of the string tightens the grip of the tying device.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a tying device embodying the same principle as Fig. 1 but with the parts rearranged to indicate some of the possible arrangements.

For convenience in description I have numbered the different parts of the tying device, 1, 2, 3 and 4:. The connecting part 1 unites the semi-circular parts 1, 1, and conforming to the inner face of the parts 1, 1, and held thereto by spring tension are the parts 2, 2. The parts 2, 2, are extended out under and beyond the main body of the device to form the ends 3, 3, which are arranged in convenient positions to receive and turn the string in tying a package.

The device may be made of any suitable material but is made preferably of wire having a circular cross section such that there will be no sharp edges to abrade the string. It will be evident also that the device may be either right or left handed or that the relative positions of parts 1, 1, 2, 2, and 3, 3, may be changed with reference to each other, the essential idea being any arrangement of said parts (for example, see Fig. 4) providing they are properly arranged to receive and turn the string, and to hold it so that any pull upon that part of the string which is around the package will bring the parts 1, and 2, closer together and increase the grip of said parts upon the string between them.

In using the device one end of the string C, (see Fig. 2) is passed in the direction indicated by the arrow 5, around the end 3- and drawn down under and between the parts 1, and 2, until the string assumes the position shown in Fig. 3. The string is then passed around the package in the direction of the arrow 8, 8, through the tying device at 7, and then at right angles around the package in the direction of the arrows 9, 9, then under and back over the end 3, in the direction indicated by the arrow 6, the string is then drawn down under and between the parts 1, and 2, until it assumes the position shown in Fig. '3.

The string is now in position such that the grip of the tying device automatically tightens when any other part than a free end of the string is pulled.

Having thus described my invention I claim 1. In a tying device the combination of a string with a securing device comprising two pairs of gripping parts, each of said pairs consisting in two members arranged as inner and outer parts with reference to the pull of the string which is to be gripped, and adapted to grip the string between them, the inner member of each pair, also, being provided with an end or arm extended out beyond the outer member in convenient position to form a guide to turn the string as it is drawn in between the gripping parts, and a connecting part uniting the outer members of the two pairs of gripping parts.

2. In a tying device the combination of a string with a securing device comprising two pairs of gripping parts, each pair consisting in two members arranged as inner and outer members with reference to the pull of the string which is to be gripped, a connecting part uniting the outer members of said pairs of gripping parts, the inner member of each of said pairs conforming in shape to the outer member and being held against said member by spring tension and being also provided with an end or arm extended out in convenient position to receive and guide the string against or across the inner face of the outer member as the string is drawn 1n between the gripping parts.

3. In a tying device a pair of grlpplng parts adapted to grip a string between themand arranged as inner and outer parts with reference to the pull of the string which is to be gripped, said inner part having an end or arm extendlng out beyond said outer part JOHN ERNEST GOURTRIGHT.

Witnesses:

G. E. RossEL, S. A. HILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner'of Patents; Washington, D. C. 

